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Resources to accelerate your CMMC journey

October 30, 2020 Oct 30, 2020 10/30/20
Azure Gov Team
We’re actively building out our program by developing resources for both partners and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies to leverage in their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) journey. In a recent blog, Richard Wakeman, senior director of Aerospace & Defense for Microsoft Azure Global, shares current resources to ...

Join us Oct. 28: Balancing security + gov cloud innovation

October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20
Karina Homme
The proliferation of data combined with the speed of advancing technology bring complex challenges to government’s ability to protect itself from evolving cyberthreats while striving to accelerate cloud innovation. In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we invite you to RSVP and join us for a virtual Azure Government Meetup...

Enhancing Zero Trust in Azure and Azure Government with Zscaler

October 14, 2020 Oct 14, 2020 10/14/20
Azure Gov Team
This guest post was contributed by Zscaler’s Jose Padin, Director of Pre-sales Engineering for US Public Sector; and Anup Barde, Sales Engineer; and Microsoft’s Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager for Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure As government users are working remotely now more than ever, the apps ...

What’s new in Azure Government

October 5, 2020 Oct 5, 2020 10/5/20
Azure Gov Team
Hear about the wide range of new Azure services and capabilities to help government organizations meet their critical needs in this video, What’s New in Azure Government, featuring Zach Kramer and Steve Michelotti of Azure Global Government Engineering for Microsoft Ignite 2020. In this video, Zach and Steve discuss the unique ways Azure ...

97 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 09/29/20
Azure Gov Team
We continue to drive expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions. We’ve added 18 new services for a total of 97 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services include a broad ...

Microsoft publishes secure isolation guidance for Azure and Azure Government

August 31, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 08/31/20
Stevan Vidich
Azure is a hyperscale public multi-tenant cloud services platform that provides customers with access to a feature-rich environment incorporating the latest cloud innovations. While a multi-tenant cloud platform implies that multiple customer applications and data are stored on the same physical hardware, Azure uses logical isolation to ...

Got CMMC questions? Join an ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ session on Aug. 25th

August 21, 2020 Aug 21, 2020 08/21/20
Azure Gov Team
In preparing for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) from the Department of Defense (DoD), many customers and partners have asked for more information on how to prepare for audits, and about Azure accreditation and our CMMC acceleration program. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, you can get answers to your questions around how we ...

Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-171 R2 is now available in Azure Government and commercial clouds

July 9, 2020 Jul 9, 2020 07/9/20
Selcin Turkarslan
Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for NIST SP ...

Meetup replay: The rise of DevSecOps in gov software initiatives

June 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020 06/23/20
Karina Homme
“DevSecOps might be the most important thing that’s happened to security in the past 40 years,” said Ron Ross, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellow, during a virtual Microsoft Azure Government meetup on May 27 to an audience of nearly 200 attendees. Ross along with CDR Thomas Sampson of the F-35 Joint Strike ...